When my roommate asked me earlier this winter if I wanted to purchase a chess board I reluctantly accepted because I didn’t think we would get our moneys worth out of it. Boy, was I wrong. To stave off the boredom of the dark, cold days this winter we’ve sat down for no less than [...]
Archive | March, 2012
Subsistence (Or Something Like It)
Alaska is unique for many reasons, and one of the big ones is just how much food people get from natural or wild sources. Fish, game, and wild greens and berries all make up a substantial amount of the local diet. And with food prices very high in places like Nome, and even higher in [...]
The Calm After The Storm
Iditarod 2012 is over! Life is returning to its regular pace, and Nome is calming down after the flood of visitors and excitement. Routine responsibilities are back, but the memory of the craziness of Iditarod Nome is still fresh. Congratulations to Dallas Seavey, and all the rest of the finishers on a job well done! [...]
Serpentine Hot Springs
It’s the first day of spring today. We’re in for a few glorious bright, clear, light months. It’s still cold, dipping to double digits below, so my mind often drifts to warm thoughts. I’m thinking specifically of a trip last summer to a remote hot springs area. Serpentine Hot Springs is as much about the [...]
Iditarod Arrives in Nome
Mushers in Iditarod 40 began arriving in Nome on Tuesday evening. Since then, as of this posting, 35 mushers have crossed under the burled arch on Front Street in Nome and have completed the nearly 1,000 mile journey from Anchorage to Nome. There are still 18 mushers on the trail and they are slowly but [...]
Iditarod: This is it!
I just came back from first mic’ing my last 9am Iditarod update. The lead mushers were out of White Mountain this morning, finishing up a mandatory eight hour rest at the second-to-last checkpoint on the trail before they cross the finish line under the burled arch in Nome. In a few hours, maybe as early [...]
Solar Storms, Crab Cleaning, and Iditarod
Hi! Bekah here, The past few nights have been predicted to have massive amounts of solar activity, and that means the potential for great Northern Lights is significantly increased! Hopefully a Aurora viewing expedition will be in the works tonight or tomorrow night, and that it will also be successful! I heard that as far [...]
A Few Choice Books
I’m a big fan of books about Alaska. Here are a few that I’ve enjoyed. “In a Far Country” is about the Overland Relief Expedition of 1898. It involved a 1,500 mile journey to ship up supplies and drive a herd of 500 reindeer from the Seward Peninsula to Barrow, where hundreds of whalers are [...]
The Prodigal Sun Returns
A welcomed relief come February and March is the return of a decent amount of daylight. In December, Western Alaska deals with less than four hours of daylight which can start to take a depressing toll on a person. Now; however, in March we are quickly gaining daylight, more than 6 minutes each day, and [...]
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